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Brian Scott Card

Case from Santa Cruz, CA dated Feb 10, 1973

Victim Details

Brian Scott Card

Male

White / Caucasian

Santa Cruz

CA

1973-02-10

19

Brian

Scott Card

07/21/2026

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Brian Scott Card, a 19-year-old male from Van Nuys, California, was one of four teenage boys murdered on February 10, 1973, in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton, Santa Cruz County, California. The other victims included Robert Michael Spector, 18, also from Van Nuys; David Allan Oliker, 18, from Sherman Oaks, California; and Mark John Dreibelbis, 15. The boys had been camping in the park when they encountered Herbert Mullin, a 25-year-old man who had a history of mental illness and viol ...
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